Late Tang

A horse gallops like the wind.

It was midwinter, cold wind mixed with cold rain, drizzle mixed with blizzard, horseshoes trampled over, kicking up countless mud and snow water.The war horse was steaming all over, and galloped rapidly.

The war horse rushed out of the long canyon with a line of sky, and rushed into a large camp on the plain outside the mouth of the valley, until it was under the banner of the Chinese army.Immediately, the knight reined in his horse and shouted loudly: "Report, the military situation is urgent!"

Under the black flying eagle flag, in the tent of the Chinese Army, the Generalissimo of the World's Soldiers and Horses, the King of Qin Li Jing lifted the curtain and came out, followed by several generals, one of them asked loudly: "What is the military situation? "

The knight quickly jumped off his horse, saluted Li Jing, and said, "It's good news to report to King Qin."

Kuai Ma brought back the news from the spies of the Military Intelligence Bureau that Li Keyong had withdrawn Feihu from Yi County via Puyinxing, and brought [-] Qingqi from Chengde and Yanmen Second Towns.After entering Feihu County, Weizhou, he appointed Hengchong General Li Siyuan as the chief of the horse infantry inside and outside the Han Dynasty. He led [-] cavalry and rushed back to Yanmen in Daizhou through the Lingqiu Ancient Road.And Li Keyong led [-] cavalry, and rushed from Feihu via Lingqiu to Zhiguguan as they had expected.

Li Jing called the knight into the account and poured him a glass of water himself.

"How long will it take for Li Keyong to reach Zhigu Pass?"

"Currently it's snowy and the road is difficult. Li Keyong is taking the Feihu Main Road of Lingqiu Ancient Road. He has to go west from Feihu City to Lingqiu City, and then go northeast to Zhigu Pass. Although his men are cavalry However, due to the weather and road conditions, it will take a day and a half at the earliest, and two days at the latest. Even if he arrives at Zhigu Pass, the soldiers and horses must be exhausted, and it will be difficult to go into battle immediately without a day and a half to recover."

Li Jing pinched his short mustache out of habit. Although he is not yet thirty, his current status, with this short steel needle-like mustache, made him a bit more majestic and mature.After thinking for a while, he turned his head and looked at his intelligence director, Gongsun Lan, "How is the situation at Datong Third Department?"

Although Li Jing carefully divided his secret service agencies, he established eight sub-bureaus, each undertaking different tasks, and mutual supervision and balance.Gongsun Lan, the supervisory prime minister, is more responsible for collecting and coordinating work, but having this meticulous intelligence consultant by his side has indeed saved Li Jing a lot of work and brought a lot of convenience.

This time when Li Jing sent troops to Yanmen Town, there were not many soldiers who could really fight. The Qin army wanted to maintain the defense of the Jianghuai and Shandong lands and guard against Gao Pian and the Henan Qi army. At the same time, Li Jing was still staying in Hejian and Youzhou. Heavy troops, defense Chengde, Wei Bo.On the other hand, in the northeast rear, we have to maintain a force, and there is still a force on the grassland right now.

The bigger the Qin army's power, the bigger the stall. Although Li Jing has expanded his army several times, he often feels nervous about the army.With this opportunity in front of him, Li Jing had no choice but to go into battle himself, leading tens of thousands of people to attack Yanmen.

However, Li Jing also knew that he had few soldiers. With this little force, he could give Li Ke a heavy blow, but it was impossible to deal with Li Ke with one blow.Therefore, before dispatching troops, Li Jing had already thought carefully and secretly sent people to the Datong Army to invite the three tribes of Datong to send troops together. Li Jing hoped that after he invaded Weizhou, the three tribes of Datong would directly send troops to Yanmen.

"The Yanmen spies sent back the news that the three divisions of Datong have already sent three troops and horses to the south, with a total of [-] horses. There are only [-] Shatuo soldiers and [-] Han troops." Gongsun Lan replied, and after a pause, she looked at Li Jing and said softly, "Your Highness thinks that the Datong Army can be trusted?"

Li Jing smiled slightly, looked at Gongsun Lan, "What are you referring to?"

"Although the Three Divisions of Datong have [-] troops, they may not be able to capture Yanmen Pass. And even if they can capture Yanmen Pass, is this necessarily a good thing for us? The Three Divisions of Datong used to be attached to Shatuo, but In the end, didn’t they betray them? The three tribes are all Hu tribes, and they are definitely not credible people. If the three tribes capture Yanmen Town, I’m afraid we will defeat Shatuo, but the three tribes will be the next Shatuo. Even their strength will exceed that of the Shatuo people. This result is not good for us, right?"

"People who are not of our race must have a different heart!" Li Jing smiled, "Is this what you want to say?" He chuckled, "This sentence is indeed true. If we are strong, the alien race may surrender and cling to us. , but this kind of loyalty is not reliable, but uncontrollable. However, this does not mean that we have to take an all-round hostile attitude towards these alien races. At some point, as long as we control the situation, we can Appoint them internally and use their strength. At the very least, we can control barbarians with barbarians!"

"You're right. The Shatuo tribe is a precedent. These barbarians can't really believe it. Whether it's Datong Sanbu or Shatuo, these people are just respecting the strong. Who are we loyal to? We are now at war with Shatuo, but we can use the Three Departments of Datong. We promise the existing interests of the Shatuo people to the Three Departments of Datong, and let them fight dogs with Shatuo people, and we don’t need to fight with them. Together, you only need to shake the bones in your hands to see them bite each other, and when they both lose, the better we can control the whole situation."

From the very beginning, in fact, Li Jing didn't think that the dispatch of troops from the Third Department of Datong could solve Yanmen Town, but Li Jing still carried out the plan.Because Li Jing didn't really intend to let the three parts of Datong replace Shatuo and control Yanmen Town.His real intention is to let the Three Divisions of Datong to fill in the strength that the Qin Army lacks now. As the thugs of the Qin Army, beating Li Keyong fiercely will not only weaken the strength of the Jin Army, but also weaken the strength of the Three Divisions of Datong .

In Li Jing's eyes, after the Qin army seized the four prefectures in front of the mountain and entered the river, the three tribes of Datong and the Yanmen Shatuo people were actually the same, and they all became the enemy forces of the Qin army!

"Let them fight, no matter who wins or loses! Let's sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight, and just watch the fire from the other side!" Li Jing said indifferently.

The three tribes of Datong fought with the Shatuo people, and the two major forces of Daibei attacked each other. The final beneficiary is naturally the Qin army who has now entered Daibei.

"Let us turn our attention back to Li Keyong and Liu Shi, they are our targets. Tell me, where is Li Keyong's backup Wang Jingchong leading the follow-up infantry now?" Yanmen is not Li Jing's target, But it doesn't mean that Li Jing doesn't want to beat Li Keyong.

"Wang Jingchong is leading [-] infantrymen to Feihu, Weizhou. They are still in Yizhou. They will arrive at Feihu in two days at the earliest, and three days at the latest. In addition, I just received the latest information. He has already sent envoys to reach a new covenant with Wang Jingchong, and Li Keyong will cede Yizhou to Chengde Town in exchange for Wang Jingchong sending [-] more reinforcements to Yanmen Town!"

Li Jing sneered, "Li Keyong is very cunning. He knows that after this battle, Sha Tuo will lose his strength, and it will be difficult to keep Xin Daiwei, let alone Yizhou in the east of Taihang? He is very decisive now that he has broken his arms. It not only prevents Yizhou from becoming a bleeding wound for the Shatuo people in the future and consumes their strength. At the same time, it can immediately withdraw all the soldiers and horses back to Yanmen, and then exchange this chicken rib with Chengde Town. In exchange for Chengde Town's second batch of [-] reinforcements, it can also be regarded as a favor sold to Wang Jingchong. My God, Wang Jingchong is probably very happy to hear the news at this time, thinking that he has finally swallowed Yiding and monopolized Yiwu Town, it is a great victory. But he doesn't know, sooner or later he will regret his decision today."

"Your Majesty, Li Keyong and Wang Jingchong led their troops back to aid, and Wang Jingchong will follow up with reinforcements. We don't have enough troops. Should we carry out the original plan?" Wang Pu, Minister of the Ministry of War, said with some concern.After conquering the four prefectures, Li Jing left soldiers and horses to garrison in Junduguan and the four prefectures. At this time, there were not many soldiers and horses stationed in front of Xiong'er Mountain, only 3 horses. The cavalry cannot play the role of a cavalry group.

Li Jing smiled.

Wang Pu has a curly beard, and his curly beard in his prime is as black as lacquer, which adds a bit of murderous aura to his whole person.However, since he led Duli Town to join Li Jing, this momentum has become much milder.But now that Li Jing is married to the Yu family again, Wang Pu, who was hit hard, became a little tired.The killing and decisive aura on his body has become less and less.

Li Jing knew that the marriage with the Yu family had hit the father-in-law very hard, but there was no possibility of that matter changing.He had had a pleasant cooperation with Wang Pu. If he was affected by this matter, Li Jing would not mind changing his position.

"Wei Hou, sometimes, a good strategy is often better than the results brought about by the brilliant command of the frontline generals. And if there are both good strategic arrangements and good tactical command, then even if we have fewer enemies, It still has a huge advantage. The current situation, if implemented according to the original plan, we can still control the overall situation, drive the whole situation, mobilize the enemy, and the final victory is still ours."

"Everyone who is accompanying the army, the Minister of Finance, the Cabinet, the Staff Council, and the Governor's Office of the Five Armies, please come here. We are discussing the whole plan at the end to make sure nothing goes wrong!" Li Jing said to Zhang Tieqiang, his valet.

There are only 3 horses in hand, but there is a fortress pass opposite, and there are [-] soldiers and [-] auxiliary soldiers in the pass.Moreover, Shatuo King Li Ke used [-] Qingqi Xingye to come, followed by Wang Jingdi of Chengde Town leading [-] infantry reinforcements, and this is not all the enemy reinforcements, the [-] Yanmen Army in Yizhou They will also return to help, and it won't be long before the German army will mobilize [-] troops to come if the war is stalemate.

As time goes by, the whole situation will become more and more unfavorable to the Qin army.

Faced with Li Keyong's desperate return, Li Jing has a comprehensive plan.